Reading Comprehension Quiz (Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Education”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Education”

Read “Education” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question The essay is written using the second person pronoun “you,” creating a more familiar tone between the audience and the writer. Who is Emerson specifically addressing?

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Question In paragraph 2, the antecedent to the pronoun “he” is.

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Question Where did Sir Charles Fellowes conduct his dig?

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Question In paragraph 4, Emerson suggests that

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Question Throughout the passage, Emerson suggests that the education system of his time should

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Question In paragraph 15, Emerson writes that when a child “cries out [that the teacher is] wrong and sets [the teacher] right,” the teacher should

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Question What does Emerson suggest is the problem with students?

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Question In paragraph 11, lines 9 and 10 contain examples of

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Question In paragraph 12, Emerson suggests that what is needed to keep rules in school is not a man but a(n).

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Question In paragraph 13, what is the “quack practice”?

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